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Bruce Hornsby spent much of the past three years challenging himself on stage. Now he has used those shows to put together a new two-disc set that he acknowledges will challenge his listeners. "Solo Concerts," released last week on the Vanguard label, contains 20 songs recorded between 2011 and early this year. Each performance features Hornsby and his piano, with no backing musicians. The styles range from blues and boogie-woogie to the highly esoteric 12-tone classical form developed by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg in the 1920s. "That's the goal here – to expose people to some more adventurous musical areas," Hornsby said by phone from his...

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